On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Shawn Highfield wrote to All:

 SH>   Does anyone still use a DOS based BBS under os/2

yes...

 SH> and launch os/2 native doors?

i've never done that... but i do launch os2 tasks from the dos side and visa
versa...

 SH> I've totally forgot the trick to getting hstart working to launch 
 SH> the cinet telnet door.

does this help?

4DOS-7.50 (0) | D:\ >hstart /?
HSTART for OS/2 2.1 - Start session from DOS and OS/2 Sessions
Version 1.2 -  Made by Henk Kelder
USAGE: START ["title"] [options] [program] [parameters]
Supported options are:

 /DOS    - start a dos session
 /PM     - start a presentation manager session
 /FS     - start a fullscreen session
 /WIN    - start a windowed session
 /F      - start session in the foreground
           (This is default when /PM, /FS, /DOS or /WIN is specified)
 /B      - start session in the background
           (This is default when /PM, /FS, /DOS and /WIN are not specified)
 /MAX    - starts session maximized (if windowed)
 /MIN    - starts session minimized (if windowed)
 /C      - start via command processor. Terminate it when ready
 /K      - start via command processor. Keep it when ready
           (This is the default for non-PM programs)
 /N      - start program directly (bypass command processor)
           (This is the default for PM programs)
 /S:file - Specify File containing settings for DOS sessions
 /WAIT   - Wait for the program to terminate


 SH>   I've been running windows far too long. ;)

hi shawn... :)

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